Safety glove



A. G. ROKUS fiec. 7, 1965 SAFETY GLOVE Filed Jan. 19, 1965 Fig.

a T U wk m 6 h 1 0 d A United States Patent 3,221,344 SAFETY GLOVE Adolph G. Rokus, R0. Box 732, Kankalkee, Ill. Filed Jan. 19, 1965, Ser. No. 426,651 1 Claim. (Cl. 2-161) This invention relates to protective wearing apparel and more particularly to work gloves.

It is, therefore, the main purpose of this invention to provide a safety glove which can be used by roller machine operators, railroad switchmen, press machine operators, mechanics, engineers or the like.

Another object of this invention is to provide a safety glove which will be made of plastic, rubber, kidskin, canvas or other suitable material.

Other materials, such as asbestos, may also be used in the construction of this invention, and the wrist area will be made of a suitable elastic to help keep the glove on the hand and will also serve to protect the wrist of the wearer.

Another object of this invention is to provide a safety glove having a reinforced palm, being reinforced with a suitable metal such as aluminum or steel, and the metal will be covered with leather or other suitable material.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a safety glove which will have a metallic cup sewed or otherwise secured within the tip of each finger of the glove to protect the fingers of the wears from injury, and the metallic cups will extend to just below the first joint of the finger to enabel the wearer to enjoy full dexterity of the fingers.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein a satisfactory embodiment of the invention is shown. However, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the details disclosed but includes all such variations and modifications as fall within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing:

FIGURE 1 is a palm view of this invention shown partly broken away.

FIGURE 2 is a partial sectional view of this invention taken along the lines 2--2 of FIGURE 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrows thereof.

According to this invention, a safety glove is provided with a hand-shaped body 11 made of plastic, rubber, leather, kidskin, canvas or other suitable material. Body 11 is provided with a continuous elastic band 12 which allows the glove 10 to remain in place upon the hand of the wearer and also protects the wrist of the wearer. A leather panel 13 of rectangular configuration is secured to the palm area of glove 10 by stitching or other suitable means, and a metal panel 14 of aluminum, stainless steel or other suitable material aligns with leather panel 13 which is external of body 11 and provides maximum reinforcement for the palm area of glove 10, while a leather panel 15 in the interior of body 11 of glove 10 is secured against metal panel 14 to reduce chafing of the palm of the wearer, while wearing safety glove 10. The hollow fingers 16 of the body 11 are made of the same material as body 11 and the tips of the fingers 16 contain a metallic cup 17, made of aluminum, stainless steel or other suitable material, secured by stitching or other suitable means and provides protection against injury to the tips of the fingers of the wearer.

Looking now at FIGURE 1 of the drawing one will see that the aforesaid elastic band 12 is secured at its lower extremity to the interior of the opening of the body 11 of glove 10.

What I now claim is:

A safety glove comprising, in combination, a hollow hand shaped body of any desired material having reinforcement means in the palm area, said hand shaped body including a plurality of hollow finger elements and each of said finger elements having a metal cup within the ends thereof, each of said metallic cups comprising a relatively short, cylindrical portion, having an hemispherical portion at one end thereof to encompass the tip of a wearers finger and protect the finger against injury, the metal cup of the said middle finger being longer than the metal cups of the index, fourth and fifth fingers and said reinforcement means comprising a plurality of rectangular panels, two of said panels being made of leather and one of said panels being made of metal, one of said leather panels being affixed to the outer side of the palm of said hand shaped body, said metal panel being affixed to the inner side of the palm of said hand shaped body and the second of said leather panels being secured over said metal panel within said hand shaped body, said second leather panel being relatively larger than said metal panel to enclose said metal panel between said second leather panel and said palm of said hand shaped body.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 782,517 2/1905 Niebuhr 2158 872,354 12/1907 Landon 2-161 2,025,357 12/1935 Pagan 2-161 2,686,316 8/1954 Linn 2161 2,737,663 3/1955 Hams 2-161 2,923,946 2/1960 Nielsen 2161 3,063,057 11/1962 Forman 2161 3,164,841 1/1965 Burtofi 2161 FOREIGN PATENTS 220,467 8/1924 Great Britain.

JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner.

G. V. LARKIN, Assistant Examiner. 

